Metal stable isotope signatures as tracers in environmental geochemistry

JG Wiederhold - Environmental science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
The biogeochemical cycling of metals in natural systems is often accompanied by stable
isotope fractionation which can now be measured due to recent analytical advances. In …

Recent developments in mercury stable isotope analysis

JD Blum, MW Johnson - Reviews in Mineralogy and …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Isotopes was compiled before it was appropriate to include a chapter on mercury (Hg) stable
isotope geochemistry. At that time there were only a few papers on this new topic (Jackson …

Absence of fractionation of mercury isotopes during trophic transfer of methylmercury to freshwater fish in captivity

SY Kwon, JD Blum, MJ Carvan, N Basu… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
We performed two controlled experiments to determine the amount of mass-dependent and
mass-independent fractionation (MDF and MIF) of methylmercury (MeHg) during trophic …

Metal ion-assisted photochemical vapor generation for the determination of lead in environmental samples by multicollector-ICPMS

Y Gao, M Xu, RE Sturgeon, Z Mester, Z Shi… - Analytical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A novel and sensitive approach for the accurate and precise determination of Pb in
environmental samples is presented using transition metal ion-assisted photochemical …

Experimental evaluation of elemental behavior during LA-ICP-MS: influences of plasma conditions and limits of plasma robustness

J Fietzke, M Frische - Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Matrix effects are one of the frequently observed and discussed issues challenging the
accuracy of LA-ICP-MS results. The specific role of the ICP as a source of elemental …

Hg speciation and stable isotope signatures in human hair as a tracer for dietary and occupational exposure to mercury

L Laffont, JE Sonke, L Maurice… - … science & technology, 2011 - ACS Publications
Exposure of humans and wildlife to various inorganic and organometallic forms of mercury
(Hg) may induce adverse health effects. While human populations in developed countries …

Higher mass-independent isotope fractionation of methylmercury in the pelagic food web of Lake Baikal (Russia)

V Perrot, MV Pastukhov, VN Epov… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Mercury undergoes several transformations that influence its stable isotope composition
during a number of environmental and biological processes. Measurements of Hg isotopic …

Online isotope analysis of 37 Cl/35 Cl universally applied for semi-volatile organic compounds using GC-MC-ICPMS

J Renpenning, A Horst, M Schmidt… - Journal of Analytical …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Stable chlorine isotope analysis of organic compounds is potentially applicable in various
fields in forensics and environmental analytics to investigate the fate of these substances in …

Current progress in femtosecond laser ablation/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry

M Tulej, NFW Ligterink, C de Koning, V Grimaudo… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The last decade witnessed considerable progress in the development of laser
ablation/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LI-TOFMS). The improvement of both …

Natural Hg isotopic composition of different Hg compounds in mammal tissues as a proxy for in vivo breakdown of toxic methylmercury

V Perrot, J Masbou, MV Pastukhov, VN Epov… - Metallomics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
In the last decade, specific attention has been paid to total mercury (HgT) stable isotopic
composition, especially in natural samples such as aquatic organisms, due to its potential to …